Milk-bottle safe.



9 98,955. BULK-BOTTLE SAFE. AN-

riiosi' J. Cmsmnsnis and'l Wimaaai G. Wuri'inn` Brooklyn, N. Y. Filed Feb. 7, 1911. Serial No. 607,118. l

'l'o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANTHONY J. Cissiassain and Winni/tu G. Wni'rrLa, citizens of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county' of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Bottle Safes; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, aiid exact description of the same. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specitication, and to the tigures and letters of reference iniirked thereon.

'l`his invention relates to safes for the reception of bottles of milk, etc.; when delivered a't. the doors of consumers residences, the. objects bein to provide a safe which will securely hod and protect the bottles l both against theft and dirt, until released 't and withdrawn by the householder or party possessing the proper means for gaining aeeess to th(` bottles. l

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a bottle safe having means for engaging and holding the. bottle head or neck and adapted to be opened by an n )ward movement of the bottle, whereby tie weight of the bottle on the hand of the milk man ivill not be relieved llntil and unless the holding means becomes ell'ective, whereby liability of breaking the bottles is in a large measure overcome. v 1

'lhe invention consists in certain novel de tailsI of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be now@ described and pointed out particularly in tliel ap iended claims.

n the accompanying drawin s,-Figure 1t is a perspective view of a sing e bottle safei embodying thc present improvements, por tions of the side walls being broken awav to show the internal construction; Fig. 2 ist a detail section in a vertical pliine betweent the bottle gripping members; Fig. 3 is ai detail sectional elevation of the catch for; the cover of the safe; Fig. l is a sectional; view in a plane at right. angles to Fig. Q.

lSiinilar letters of reference in the several tigures indicate the same parts.

'lhe receiver or hotly A of the safe is usually made of sheet metal rectangular in form and preferably adapted to contain a single bottle, but it will be understood that by duplication provision may be iiiiide to hohl any desired number of bottles. The top of the safe is closed by an upwardly opening closure or cover l, preferably opened by a spring B' and adapted to be held closed by a s )ring cateli b which engages a shoulder b on the wall of the safe and lies in position to be released by a pin .l or key inserted through an opening b.

\Vithin the safe an spaced from the top lis a pair of upwardly swinging bottle gripping members which niay conveniently take ,the form of tlaps C hinged at their outer t 4, and as soon as the heat or bead luis passed through, the gripping members will swing down beneath the head or bead. so as to: embrace the bottle neck. Stops l) are pro' vided for limiting the downward movement of the members C, and consequently the b ottle will be-cnught and held against being withdrawn downwardly.

Springs E may be employed to return the gripping members to operative position and to prevent release of the said members after a bottle has been inserted. a locking meehnnisni controlled by the closure and preferalilv also by the bottle is provided. This locking mechanism in the form illustrated embodies :i slide oi' catch l" on euch nieinber with springs f tor normally holding them with their inner ends projecting into the bottle openn r (l When a bottle is present the slideswill 'lbe held with their outer ends projecting beneath a mi 'able :lilmtmcntG and tht` abutment is held down in operative iosition by the cover li. 'l`he abutment G is conveniently a vertically movable slide on the side wall of the,safe with its lower end iextended inwardly in th.` forni ol a spring catch Ir; which will yield outwardly as the catches l" move down, but. immediately springs out over said catches l" to lock the gripping members. Obviously. when the cover l is open tht.` abutment (1 can more up so that the bottle may be drawn up out of the top of the safe.

immediately below the members C there y is a horizontal barrier ll secured to the side walls around the spacel for the bottle to serve as an additional safeguard against the'release of the grippinfy members by the insertien of a stick or ot ier device from the bottom of the safe.

ln the extreme bottom of the safe there is provided a pair of upwardly swinging doors adapted to he pushed open by the entering bottle and to drop down into position after the bottle is fully within the safe. A cen- '.tral opening i at the meeting edges of the rdoors serves to prevent the doors catching the fingers of the person who is delivering the bottle. For securing the safe in place,

i screw eyes l( may be inserted in the jamb of the door. the heads or eyes being passed l i i tthieves or meddlers, as well as from prowliand we do not wish to be limited to the through openings in the wall of the safe i and a cross pin k inserted in the eyes to pre- I trent. their withdrawal. If the safe be se- {cnred to the door jamb in position for the l door when closed to lie close to the side hav- :ing the key opening b2 therein it is obvious 5 the safe cannot be opened until the door is open, but it. will he understood that the key may be arranged in many different ways so as to be operable only when the house door is opened or from the inside of the house,

particular arrangement shown. In use the bott-les are pushed up into the `safe from the bottom when they will be automatically caught and held protected from ing eats and dogs or wind blown germs. 'I'he safe is sanitary, as all dirt may drop out and it is easily cleaned from both top and bottom. To remove the bottles it is only necessary for the householder or servant to i open the cover, grasp the head of the bottle i and draw the saaie up out of the safe. B vi closing the cover the safe is made reiidy for;l the reception of another bottle.

What we claim is: l. A milk bottle safe embodying a receiver; body adapted to inelose. a milk bottle andi having a bottle passage throught-hc same i from the bottom to the top. upwardly vieldi ing gripping members between which the 1 bottle passes in being withdrawn upwardlyl i from the receiver, said members. being` i momtcd Polmtlnently within the body be.1

low its upper end and having bottle neeki engaging portions to prevent the downward t withdrawal of the bottle and a movable? cover for closing the upper end of the body with means for locking said covei' in closed 5 position, the space between the gripping} members and cover being free to permit the i upper end of the bottle to be grasped forik withdrawing the saine from the receivert when the cover is open.

2. A milk bottle safe embodying a receiver l body adapted to inclose a milk bottle and l' having a bottle passage through the same from the bottom to the top. npwardl able gripping members between which the bottle asses in being withdrawn upwardly from t e receiver, said members being peri manently hinged at their outer edges to the inner sides of the wall of the receiver below its upper end and having bottle neck enga ing portions to prevent the downward wit idrawal of the bottle, and a hin ed cover for closing the upper end of the bo( y with means for locking said cover-in closed position, the space between the gripping members and cover being free to permit the u per end of the bottle to be grasped for with rawing the same upwardly from the receiver when the cover is open.

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from the bottom to the top` oppositcly disppsed upwardly swinging gripping members withdrawn upwardly from the. receiver and having an opening for the bottle neck between their adjacent edges. a lock for said gripping members embodying catches projectin into the bottle passage above the gri ping members to be set bv engagement wit the bottle, and a movable cover for closing the upper end of the. receiver body whereby access to the upper eml ot' thc. bottle aiid lock is prevented when the cover is closed.

5. lu a milk bottle safe. the combination with thc receiver having the hottoiii opening for the insertion of a bottle. thc upwardly swinging gripping members having :in opening for the bottle neck between their u'oxiinate, edges, aiid a closure for preventing the withdrawal of the bottle, of a lock s for the gripping members embodying .catchcs projecting into said opening, und a movable abutment held in o ierative position by the closure and with which the catches cooperate when displaced by a bottle in said opening.

tl. In a milk bottle safe. the combination with the receiver having entrance and exit openings at hottoiii and top respectively, upwardly o eniiig closures for both said openings an( upwardly swinging bottle neck 1u loc for said gripping members einbpdyirigl outwardly movable catches controlled by the bottle, and an upwardly movable abutment 'fwith which the catches cot'iperate controlled by the closure for the exit oaening.

ANTHONY J. CIE LINSKIE. VILLIAM G. WHITTLE. Witnesses:

WiLLiAM B. Booitsravsa, Jossrir L. CALLAHAN.

tween which the bottle, passes in being grip )ing members within the receivers, of 

